King’s Lynn man jailed for handling stolen items

A King’s Lynn man was found with a stash of £1500 worth of stolen goods, recently taken in a burglary, after a tracker device on one of the stolen items was activated, a court heard.

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Oliver Chapman 32, was found to have hidden the items in a shed at King’s Green after police acting on the information provided by the tracker device, executed a search warrant at the address, Norwich Crown Court was told.

Richard White, prosecuting, said the burglary had occurred on April 9 and the next day the stolen items which included a laptop, an Armani watch and Samsung Notebook computer, were found in a backpack in a shed.

Chapman told police he had bought the items from a teenager, who had called at his address and offered the goods for £200.

Chapman, of King’s Green, King’s Lynn, who has a number of previous convictions for dishonesty, admitted handling stolen goods and was jailed for eight months.

Andrew Shaw, for Chapman, said he had a troubled history but was now making good progress on beating his addiction to drugs.